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H 4 "f-'f ' tf - "X ' * : y&i W <t: * tv • fM-* ¥ - * . -Vjh * ' v Y.tjt'? ' 4 * K f ': ' '? , *A * FREDERICK.' 'ER Bethlehem's plain there shone a star | That guided wise men from afar. To-see the child in manger lain, Imrnanuel Jesus is his namej • j JThe Prince of Peace has come to ctwefl 9 • >•" • 'j$\ Hosanna! Shout' Immanuei i- 'A:? SDN* < m. r • '} \4\M$ Ifvt f-w.; •M 'HE long . Is born today, by Kings adored, While to the world God doth proclaim /J'̂ He comes» and Counselor is his nan ̂̂ the mighty God on earth to dwell. h Rejoice! Rejoice! 'V , "x* [E comes to man by lowly birth. To spread salvation through the eajrth. From everlasting, he's the same. Our God and Wonderful his namgfc King David's seed in man to dw4& Rejoice! Rejoice! ImmanueL -•-i birth. loud P MC'v ||3:v i -H' k !;• •'i*f^' i Wf: hosts Halleluiah! Santa's Secret yi--I'VE got out. of bed. Just a minute, ?V:. Tq tell you-«rjlt whisper It low-- rhe stockings l*ve hung by the fire Are for me--not mamma, you know. For mine are so awfully little. Dear Santa Claus, don't you see? And 1 want, oh. so many playthings, They won't hold enough fpv me. 1 : Holly Scratches /" By HARVEf PEAKt MBYBS look* gtftla the cost Mil " All that glitters la not diamonds. Mistletoe makes tht heart grow foader. The gift deferred maketfc tkf knit sick. Belief in Santa Claus Is the best policy. It is a wise merchant who knows bis own goods when they are brought back tor exchange. To give hideous gifts is human, to ft rgive impossible. Gifts make the man, tha want of them the fellow. One Christmas bargain make* Hp. whole of womankind spin. Christmas bills are stnfobom things! Santa Clans is not as red as he is painted. Buy gifts in harts and nq*«t At leisure. Uneasy lies the head that*s trying to make twenty dollars buy forty gifts. And thereby hangs a stocking. Every Christmas tree most stand on its own bottom. Gifts are seldom what they seem. Christmas irfcinumm cass The reindeer are harnessed and ready For their Christmas eve drive through the sky; fbey whinny and stamp; sleigh bells jingle. And old Santa Claus' sledge Is piled weh With an abundance of toys, books and goodies , For all good little boys and girls; Santa'll fill up the stockings while the clock Is tick-tocking, And the snow flakes drift down In whirls. He'll slide down the chimney aa usual- Fat, Jolly, red-faced, full of glee-* He's been keeping tab on each one of you, In the picture he's looking to see Which kiddies have minded their parents. Which youngsters have done as they ought; , If you have been good and done as you should, . t Old Santa'll bring you a lot, fee! He's looking his list of namaaover. Yea, and scratching the naughl^'^ones ;l-> out; V*. ft Freddie hod minded his mamma Today he'd never need doubt Hiat Santa would fill up his stock***; And if Maiste Saadn't been bad, ^ Qf mm rhat yellow-hatred dollie that's golnf to Molly - . i Is one present she might have hid. f-y* For Molly behaved herself nicely, . She doesn't grumble, tell fibs, ^ Vb# m e a n ; • * • * & > . . •So her papa has written to Santa ; x Telling what a good girl she's been? ' Then there's ^Tommy's name on the pa­ per: A real boy, but never sauces nor swears. Nor Is cruel to kittles. It's a thousand pities That Freddie's mother had as few cares. Now there's the names of Mildred-§1)6 Jessie, Of Margaret, Julia and Kate-- When they go out to play and hear moth­ er say. "Home early," they never are late. Next comes- Bobbie, that jolly young ras­ cal! And Henry--the boys call him "Hen!"-- There's a red sled for Bob, and for Henry a job Playing'war with his tin soldier men. Dick will wake up to find a new tool set; Phil will get those shining new skates: Joe's football outfit sure will please him: He can now go and play with his mates. Bert likes story books and he'll get some; A hobby horse Harry will please; Tes, each little tike will get what he likes-- Their good traits old S&nta Claus sees. As i e cons the long list o'er and o'er. Look! he's smiling to think of the joy, That when Christmas bells ring, each holiday thing > Will bring to each good girl and. boy. Remember, you little folks, always, Thit obedience, kindness, good cheer Are the things mamma wants and are sure to ensconce You in Santa Claus' favor. Oh. hear How the slelghbells are jingling and tin­ kling. How the reindeer arte prancing to go Skimming along o'er the housetops, r; Unmindful of cold. Ice or snow. , ; Santa's pack is crammed to o'erflowlng; -Is your name on his visiting list? Now in bed abide; down the chimney he'll slide. . If you're good, your taenia* won't be missed.' ^ CHRISTMAS FOR THE BIRDS . . . . , . . . . . Is! want you to remember And fill these as full as you can, Cause I haven't been very naughty. -- And you've been such a nice, kind "inn X d like a live doll, if you please, sir. That can talk and call me "mamma." Not one that is full of old sawdust As all mother dolls are.' • The Christmas Card. "**'"ml3!0* a fawndred year8 aSo the first s Christmas cards were used. These v* were printed in liondou and consisted 4 Of a visiting card with the words* "A Merry Christmas," printed on It. Later the cards were made with a lit­ tle scenery on them and a picture of the robin. This bird was used be cause he is called the English Christ­ mas bird, and also "The Savior s Bird on account of the old legend regard­ ing its red breast. From this time ?ob the cards becagne more numerous tad of more varied kinds. , Short But Useful. flie Christmas tree doc* pet ltr« lonf. but it* aiort fcUe ts a useful and i? . beautiful «u XI Siv. . A CHRISTMAS VISION C>n Christmas eve 'mid all the joyous glee ""luit in my plenteousnees surrounded me. happened by some chance to turn mine eye Out through a window-wreath that hung near by. And as I glanced through It into the night f seemed to see, lit by some holy light, A childish face with wistful, smiling lips hat thrilled me to my very finger-tips. Two eager hands stretched forth as In stress. To me" to carry help to Helpfesgness, And in the sad eyes of that child I saw In all its loveliness the Christmas Law- Not a command, no everlasting Must llpon Reluctance for Its teaching thrust, But Just a pleading hint to him who runs That all who suffer are God'a Little Ones' And then the picture In the Wreath was gone. And in its place the Eastern Star-beams shone-- The same that nineteen centuries ago l-ed on the Wise Men with their heavenly glow; And e'en aa they I wandered through the drift* A n d I n t o l o w l y p l a c e s c a r r i e d g i f t * * 1 ĉ r̂* and tfv* release, and pay x̂ s Unlo my Lord through them that suffer rue. , --^obn Kendrlck Bangs, In 8crlbnet's. A little knowledge is a danger- ^ ous thing, especially on Christ­ mas eve, when a kid discovert his father acting the' part of Santa Claus. * Scandinavian Custom of Providing «f,-Parley for Feathers* Creatures. Among the other delightful traits of the Scandinavian people is their cus­ tom in their Yule festivities of think­ ing not only of the happiness of their little ones, but of teaching these chil­ dren to bear in mind the happiness of others and in particular of the animals about them. At the Yuletlde season, we are told, the market place of Christmas pre­ sents a very gay aspect, filled in as it is toith spruce trees of all sizes for the children's festival. B\it there is a feature in the Norse Christmas that I have not heard of in any other country i« that in this market place there is for each Christmas tree a Juleneg, or little sheaf of barley; each person who buys a tree also buys a sheaf. Then, when the tree Is set up In the main room of the house at Yuletide for the bairn (born, as they are called in Nor­ way) the sheaf of grain is fastened on (he end of a pole and put out In the yard tot a Christmas feast fd* the birds! Had One Already. "I don't know what to give Llzzi£ for a Christmas present," one chorus girl is reported to have said to her mate, while discussing the gift to be made to a third. - "Give her a book/* suggested the other. i (V And the first one replied, meditative­ ly: "No, that won't do; she's got a bpok." f Crowned mi Christina*.V "Wttttam the Conqueror was eroded on * Cbrls'î as da*/ la letter to CUmb tor Seekers Have Learned--Open v Seaa^j Begins Early i« . . - December. \ ^ HE hunter took deliti$figtw a^n and fired into tha. hll^- er branches of a swamp elm Only a bunch of foliage, cut from its supporting bough l y the charge of bird shot, fell a yard or so away. "Missed him?" was the half queried comment of a "tenderfoot'* who had strained his eyes in vain to see the object of the ahot. "Missed nothing," dune tit rejoin­ der. ' 4,Shootin' greens," he added by way of explanation. He picked up the clump of leaves flecked with waxen berries and threw into a gunny sack three or four pounds o# mistletoe, the reward of his marksmanship. v The open seasou for mistletoe be gins early in December, according to the Kansas City Star, and continues until only a day or so before Christ- mas, or, in the lean years, until the crop is exhausted. The old method of "shooting" mistletoe has been in largo part displaced, however, by agile boys who earn men's wages by climbing for the crop and carrying it to the ground in sacks slung from their shoulders. That preserves the foliage beauty by leaving the berries,* :»tact. When the boughs are "harvested" by the sho> gun methci' the charge jars many of the globules from their tiny stems and the fall to earth but adds to the havoc. Mistletoe jobbers are growing more discriminating and pay top prices for, well-preserved greens only, the market varying day by day according to the quantity offered. The true mistletoe is a European evergreen, but its American cousin resembles it so closely as to baffle all but botanists. Thj leaves are of the same yellowish green and the blos­ soms, alike in color, give way in turn, to the wax-like berries. Both afe parasites, growing oh the boughs of deciduous trees. Apple trees, poplars, maples and elms seem to best support the vege­ table barnacle. But it sometimes is found growing in the oaks and other forest varieties. Along the Pacfo coant it frequently is taken from oak trees, although the yield in that re­ gion is not prolific. The mistletoe played a " conspicuous part in mythology. It is symbolical of the spear with which Hotherus took the life of Balder, the white Bungod of summer, who shall be resurrected at Raganarok, twilight of the gods and doomsday of the world, so runs the old Norse legend. Among the Druids and the Celts the mistletoe found growing upon an oak was believed to possess powers ol healing for many ills as well as being potent for the working sof magic charms. Small bits of berries were brewed into love philters for prejudic­ ing the passions. To the esteem In which the mistle­ toe w^ held is directly traceable a certain old English custom which "sur vives today. At the Christmas' tide every ardent swain who 'neatb its shadow levies tribute of a kiss and each half-resisting maid who pays, may know their hearts only bow tc rites centuries old and born when Yule logs flickered through candle- lighted halls on wintry nights; when fairies ruled; when imagery held sway; when mountain gods gave curst or blessing and,* tribute to the mistl» toe was a sap^ament. otWr Www* f, SCAUSiC Euro- r' •M fa 04 • m •w$ THOUGHTS OP CHRISTMAS. They were married at the beginning of December; and the 25th was ap­ proaching. "You know, little Wife," he said one evening, "we mustn't have any Becrets from each other, must we, sweet one?" '"No darling," she whispered. "So," he continued, "1 want yop to tell me how much you intend spend­ ing on a Christmas present for me. so that I con calculate how much money I shall have left to buy one tor you/®* •••. .: . One Popular Fat Man. It Is said that nobody loves a fat man, but children at this time of the year are deeply in love with a stout, elderly person with white whiskers and a pack on his back. 'V.^^jChrlstmaa evening. V."-^ • To Btafcke the table pretty for tM evening meal, leave the shades off the candles. Use white candles in glass sticks. Wipe with a moist cloth rnnd: dip the candles In diamond dust. Tough. "My dear, did you make this Christ* mas pudding f o^t of book?" "Yes, lov«** "Well, I ttu> ':m tttr pepn war there has been considerable com­ ment to the effect that there Will be a dearth of Christmas toys this year, since the toy sources of France and Germany will not be available to American children. French dolls have been the standard during at least two gen­ erations, and Nurem­ berg, Germany, la famed Uiroughout the world as a toy center. It must not be supposed, however, that little girls will have to go with­ out dolls this year. Several manu­ facturers in the United States are turning out dolls by the thousands and they are of the very best type. One large factory In Philadelphia is making, under special processes, a type of indestructible doll from bass- wood, which is a light and easily worked material and Is not likely to split or break. Those who have made a study of this manufacture, In con­ nection with the study of the wood-us­ ing industries of the state of Pennsyl­ vania, predict that dolls of the, type made by, this and other similar fac­ tories can gain first place for America in this branch of manufacture. Thus, the new trade slogan, "Made in the U. St A./' will have a, direct bearing In shifting the center of doll manufac­ ture from Europe to America. The following toys are now made In this country from American woods: Toy animals, blocks, cannon and forts, children's chair, circus sets, dolls, doll furniture, games, Christmas tree hold­ ers, swing Jumpers, children's pianos, pastry 'sets, babies' play yards, toy shooting galleries, hobby horses, pop wagons, toy autos and wheel- < * • < • s. I ' ' not warp or check badly, is tough and takes paint very well. It is on6 of the woods preferred for boxes to con­ tain food products likely to be con­ taminated by "Jhe tastes or odors which might be derived from other woods. For the same reasons it finds consid­ erable use in the manufacture of kitchen woodenware. It is in some demand as a material for house finish and a great deal of it goes into the. un­ seen parts of furniture and musical instruments. Other important u^es are for trunks, picture frames and ex­ celsior. In farmers' woodlots, to particular, it is a tree which should be favored, because it is a fairly rapid grower, is free from defects, and is usually salable. In selling this tree from a woodlot, the department of agriculture advises that it should be held for spe­ cial price* and not sold In a lump with others. ' Basswood has several advantages as a standing trtee in the woodlot. In the first place, its blossoms furnish a considerable source of honey which fs alwayfe in good demand, and when the tree is cut it readily regenerates Itself from sprouts, the best o& which should be favored in reproducing the stand. EARLY ROMAN CHRISTMASES No Special Ceremonies for Christ Fig­ ured More as a Historic Being Than World Savior. -The early Roftan Christmas, says J. A. Symonds, probably kept Christmas with no special ceremonies. Christ was as yet too close to them. He had J:.*- Painting the Features. barrows. Basswood is the principal material for wooden toys and for wooden parts of metal toyo. The bass- wood doll, in particular, is unique and ingenious. All parts of it are rniiade of wood and are artistically carved and enameled In color. It is difficult to tell that it Is made of wood when it is finished. The various parts ot the body are joined with steel bands which not only give great flexibility and free­ dom of movement, but together with the wood make the doll practically in­ destructible. . Next to basswood, sugar maple, beech, birch and white pine are the principal woods used for toys, al­ though elm, oak, chestnut, ash, yel­ low poplar and cithers enter Into toy manufacture. Pennsylvania, which stands first among the states in toy manufacture, alone uses the equivalent of nearly 6,500,000 board feet of tim­ ber for toys, with a total value of $182,000 each year. The total amount of wood used annually in the United States for toy manufacture is nearly 29,000,000 feet, and the principal toy manufacturing states after Pennsyl­ vania are, in order, Wisconsin, Maine, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Basswood is the favorite for such toys as toy animals, boats, dolls, circus sets and children's pianos. Blocks and dolls' furniture and toy vehicles are generally made of white pine. Stick horses, with a horse's head and a stick to ride upon, a more pretentious variation of the old-fashioned broom horBe, are likely to be made of white pine, although the stick head may be made of different material. Rocking horses are usually made of white ash. ^ In the native fore its, basswood oc­ curs sparingly and very seldom in groups or in solid stands. In th€ lake states In particular it is sawed inci­ dentally with other timber, hut the logs are usually kept japarate and generally sawed in accordance with standing orders from special Indus­ tries. It is utilised for many other products besides toys, because it has qualities which fit It for a wide range of uses. It is one of the softest of the so-called hardwoods, it lacks taste and odor, la very easily worked, does not become the glorious creature of their fancy, but was partly a historic being, partly confused in their imagi­ nation with reminiscences of pagan deities. As the Good Shepherd, and as Orpheus, we find him painted In the Catacombs; and those who thought of him aa God loved to dwell upon biB risen greatness more than on the idyl of his birth. To them his entry upon earth seemed less a subject of rejotc lng than his opening of the heavens. They suffered and lQoked forward to a future happiness. Tlfey would not seem to make this world permanent by sharing Its gladness with the heathen. Theirs, in truth, was a religion of hope and patience, not of triumphant recol­ lection or of present happiness. • The Optimistic Note. ! J| Is a time for Joy and gladnesa and good cheer, for this old world, with all its faults, is on its way to­ wards the kingdom of heaven, and the omnipotence of love assures Its .get­ ting there. Some time every day will be the best of Christmas, every place Its altar of observance, and every soul be transformed into the Christ of his environment.--Unlversaliat Leader. $ Our Christmas Cuatoma. Most of the Christmas customs In America have been transplanted from Europe: Our Christmas tree comes from Germany, our Santa ClauB from Holland, the Christmas stocking from Belgium or France, while "Merry Christmas" was the old English greet­ ing shouted from window to street on Christmas morning. Remember the <faya when you ;* were little, and plan ;* Christmas accordingly. your PfT- v 1 # • Vf **V' , By DOROTHY BLACK MORE. "Tou do like myi questioned. She I^Mgied a solitary: tlWt its beauty to 3 ;|litii®: ;I need this in my 3pigii tucked the flower ipoMwf J$i -Wot «f gti1den curls. After his atirfle of ap- proval she skipped off. It was quite time for the first'guest to arrive tor her coming-out party. Kennard watched her go and sighed a trifle wearily. He waa old beyond Jhls thirty-five years in that lie had, at Wlfthe age of twenty-one, gone through a frightful train wreck which left him mentally aged and physically lameJ At twerity-Sve, «.hls closest frieis& older by many years than Kennard, had died, leaving a slim, delicate girt orphaned and oddly alone in tho world. Kennard had adopted Nancy Vale Mh) cause Vale had left her to Mm. ;; 5 The doorbell rang many tinites and men and women flocked into the great Kennard drawing-room where Nancy, looking not more than fifteen in her simple gray frock, welcomed fcer guests, Often her big eyes glanced swiftly at the stairs leading from the library, but each time they returned to smiles and laughter with a hint of wilfulness growing in their clear depths. "Nunky" was so absorbed in his story as to forget that he,had promised to come in and loin her par- ty. It was not until silence reigned again in the great house and a small pink rose drooped wearily in Nancy"* curls that she tiptoed softly to the li­ brary door. The quiet of that room told her that the story was finished and that "Nunky" was smoking the restful cigarette that always iotiowed the completion of a good day's work^ ;" s:|! "May I come in?" she question^, s|^ already over the threshliold. „ V' Kennard opened wide his eyes. T|rt» r gray frock flung his guilt before him.' IN* It had been Nancy's party night and. « > he had forgotten It She was still a " child in his eyes and he waited for th« outburst of hurt childhood. "I Just wanted to say good night," she said softly, and stroked back tha lock ot snowwhite hair that lay acroM Kennard's broad forehead. "Yon grow more like your father ev­ ery day," he said in quick appreciation^ Of her instinctive understanding, "fit®* was the most unselfish and consider­ ate man that ever walked the earth. I'm sorry, kiddie, that yonr old uncle forgot the coming-out party. I could only have limped about trying vainly: to banish my hero and his woes front my mind. I will get you another string Of those heads." ' 7$j "Beads* Kow dare you call nii?> matchless .s pink pearls beads!" S! touched the exquisite present him that clasped her slender neck* She looked anxiously at him. UY™ won t sit up any longer will yon--Itft late now?" 1 "Only till the cigarette puffs he told her and watched her skip of and up to her room. Kennard sat for a few momenta wearily looking at the door through which his ward had gone. Gradually his eyes focused themselves on # faded pink flfewer that lay just withl#^, the library door. It was the rose n m: ey had worn in her hair. 1 Kennard rose and picked it up ami returned to his desk with it. He sat gazing softly, tenderly, at. it and, a^ second later, hts lips careHsed it teif^ derly. . V;: ;yv No sooner , had he touched the witibh. ered flower than he drew back swiftly. The meaning of his action went ov0 him like a flame of fire. "God!" he, cried in terroriit his o#ff emotion. "Not that! Surely not thlit --she's only a child!" He sat stunned. A few minutes later his head went for-'i ward on his arms and the rose waa . again against his lips. Nancy, creeping softly down the stairs, tried to stiffs the besting of heart when she glanced swiftly at the floor Just within the library doof. There was no rose l^ing there. She stood for a moment, her great eyed devouring Kennard's bent shouldera and bowed head. The very softest sigh escaped her and Keniiard raised his eyes slowly, believing a aplendM vision had appeared to him. .„/>•. " Surely the slim little creature In thw ; ||i4 . . . r^r" a iV ' T»'! • • ' • £: i4' AT. t M k doorway was not Nancy. There was golden hair piled high and bound by the matchless pink pearls and a white throat rose like the stem of a lily from a low-cut bodice. The arms were bare and gleaming white. "This is the new gown aunty, bought for me," she explained swiftly, Tier words hysterically broken. She had seen the crushed rose under Ken­ nard's hand. Her eyes were like stara and her body was trembling with elpr- tion. It was unbelievable, this won­ derful thing that had ^happened. Paul Kenn&rd1 loved her! * ?e He brushed his eyes dazedly. He dared scarcely to look at'Nancy to great was his longing for her. Her suddenly-revealed womanly beauty hart made him weak. , v "The gown is lovely," he said feebly, trying to speak in the old way. "Bft run up to your bed, kiddie--It's time little girls were asleep." x "It's time little girls were grown> up," Nancy said. And the subtle nota , ©f womanhood had entered her vofde. She drtw close to Kennard and her gleaming arms twined up and aboht his neck. "If you wont t<HI me y«i love me," she said--and there was M sob iu her voice--"1 don't want :|lve." •'•••• -E& Kennard's arms capped about, swiftly, hungrily. A lose lay on the desk--^the phA ^ rose she had worn in her hair. * (Copyright, 1913, by the MoClttre' VfewsMh-". • ̂ >•" oer Syndicate.! 1 " The Public Pose. r v! "The author of this novel says th^ heroine lost herself in a maze of redeem tlons, as she and the hero stood by the railiug of an ocean liner." "And what was the hero doing?" "This $§: one of those society novels. Can% you guess what the hero was doing?" ^ »^«r clgan^p: 1 •„ : J ... -t r ?•* fV'H , A